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Trends in school-leaver destinations for Glasgow

Destinations of school leavers from publicly funded Glasgow Secondary Schools -2009/10 to 2022/23Over the last thirteen years, the proportion of school leavers from Glasgow’s publicly funded secondary schools entering positive destinations has increased. The percentage of school leavers unemployed and seeking employment decreased from 16% in 2009/10 to 5% in 2022/23. The percentage in Higher Education peaked in 2019/20 at 40% before decreasing slightly to 38% in 2022/23. The proportion of school leavers going onto employment is around one in four throughout the time-period.

Notes

‘Other’ includes ‘Voluntary work’, ‘Personal Skills Development’, ‘Activity Agreement’, and ‘Unknown’.

This page was last updated in January 2025.

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